CCIE Contracts in London

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CCIE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 312 331 435
Rank change year-on-year +19 +104 +73
Contract jobs citing CCIE 41 60 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.33% 0.34% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.28% 1.40% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 31 36
10th Percentile £473 £350 £438
25th Percentile £498 £500 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £684 £600 £659
90th Percentile £753 - £738
England median daily rate £528 £525 £530
% change year-on-year +0.48% -0.94% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
10th Percentile - £37.50 -
25th Percentile £53.75 £38.75 -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £40.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% - -
75th Percentile £61.25 £41.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £40.00 -
% change year-on-year +43.75% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

CCIE falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,210 4,292 5,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.58% 24.07% 21.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,169 2,903 3,919
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £653 £661 £688
90th Percentile £754 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 111 80
10th Percentile £19.20 £14.25 £19.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £20.74 £21.24
Median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.81% -42.54% +1.69%
75th Percentile £55.50 £43.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £69.72 £68.75 £82.55
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing CCIE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for CCIE in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCIE in London.

Daily rate trend for CCIE in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCIE in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCIE in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCIE in London.

Hourly rate trend for CCIE in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +7 7 £625 +31.58% 2
South London - 2 £600 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.88%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (7.32%) MS Visio
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.07%) AWS
2 5 (12.20%) Azure
3 2 (4.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 2 (4.88%) Amazon EC2
3 2 (4.88%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (4.88%) OpenShift
3 2 (4.88%) Serverless
4 1 (2.44%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 22 (53.66%) BGP
1 22 (53.66%) OSPF
2 18 (43.90%) Firewall
3 14 (34.15%) Multicast
3 14 (34.15%) Network Security
4 13 (31.71%) MPLS
5 10 (24.39%) VPN
6 9 (21.95%) Broadband
7 8 (19.51%) IPv6
7 8 (19.51%) WAN
7 8 (19.51%) Wireless
8 6 (14.63%) TCP/IP
9 5 (12.20%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (12.20%) GPON
9 5 (12.20%) NX-OS
9 5 (12.20%) Radio Access Network
10 4 (9.76%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (9.76%) DNS
10 4 (9.76%) IGMP
10 4 (9.76%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 11 (26.83%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (14.63%) Finance
4 5 (12.20%) Banking
4 5 (12.20%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (12.20%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (51.22%) Network Engineer
2 8 (19.51%) Cisco Engineer
2 8 (19.51%) Principal Engineer
2 8 (19.51%) Principal Network Engineer
3 7 (17.07%) Architect
3 7 (17.07%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 7 (17.07%) Implementation Engineer
3 7 (17.07%) Network Architect
3 7 (17.07%) Network Implementation Engineer
4 6 (14.63%) Senior
5 4 (9.76%) Consultant
5 4 (9.76%) Network Consultant
5 4 (9.76%) Senior Network Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Cisco Consultant
6 3 (7.32%) Cisco Network Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Cisco Architect
7 2 (4.88%) Cisco Network Architect
7 2 (4.88%) Linux Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.51%) Data Centre
2 5 (12.20%) PKI
3 2 (4.88%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.88%) Hedge funds
3 2 (4.88%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (4.88%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.32%) Linux
2 2 (4.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (29.27%) Project Delivery
2 11 (26.83%) Network Monitoring
2 11 (26.83%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (24.39%) Migration
4 8 (19.51%) Network Design
5 5 (12.20%) ITIL
6 4 (9.76%) Change Management
6 4 (9.76%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (9.76%) Low Latency
6 4 (9.76%) Network Management
6 4 (9.76%) Network Virtualisation
6 4 (9.76%) Roadmaps
7 3 (7.32%) Architecture Roadmap
7 3 (7.32%) Network Architecture
7 3 (7.32%) Technical Leadership
8 2 (4.88%) Data Protection
8 2 (4.88%) Incident Management
8 2 (4.88%) Process Improvement
8 2 (4.88%) Product Management
8 2 (4.88%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (21.95%) Python
2 2 (4.88%) Perl
2 2 (4.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 41 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (51.22%) CCNP
3 6 (14.63%) CCIE Service Provider
3 6 (14.63%) Security Cleared
4 4 (9.76%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.88%) CCIE Data Center
5 2 (4.88%) CCIE Security
5 2 (4.88%) CCNA
5 2 (4.88%) Degree
5 2 (4.88%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.44%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.44%) CCIE Collaboration
6 1 (2.44%) CCNA CyberOps
6 1 (2.44%) CISSP
6 1 (2.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (17.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.88%) VMware NSX
2 2 (4.88%) vSphere
3 1 (2.44%) Docker
3 1 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (26.83%) Ansible
2 5 (12.20%) ZABBIX
3 2 (4.88%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (4.88%) FortiGate
3 2 (4.88%) Progress Chef
3 2 (4.88%) Puppet
4 1 (2.44%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.44%) Nagios
4 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (80.49%) Cisco
2 13 (31.71%) Fortinet
3 10 (24.39%) SolarWinds
4 9 (21.95%) VMware
5 6 (14.63%) Arista
6 5 (12.20%) Ericsson
6 5 (12.20%) Nokia
7 3 (7.32%) F5
7 3 (7.32%) Juniper
8 2 (4.88%) CheckPoint
8 2 (4.88%) McAfee
8 2 (4.88%) Microsoft
8 2 (4.88%) Red Hat
8 2 (4.88%) Splunk
9 1 (2.44%) Google
9 1 (2.44%) Meraki
9 1 (2.44%) Palo Alto